10534857

System and Method in a Social Networking System for Displaying Updates in an Information Feed

PublishedJanuary 14, 2020
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsZhenhua Xu
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
20 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A method of providing feed information from a database system associated with a social networking system, the method comprising: calculating, using the database system, an affinity score for a plurality of information sources providing feed items for an information feed, the affinity score for an information source calculated based on interaction factors with the information source; assigning, by the database system, a transparency value to the plurality of information sources based on the affinity score calculated for the information source; assigning, by the database system, a transparency value to feed items from the plurality of information sources based on the transparency value assigned to the information source that provided the feed item; causing, by the database system, a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transparency value corresponds to a cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values comprises instructing a web browser to run a java script that adjusts the cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute of the plurality of the feed items based on the assigned transparency value.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the causing a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values comprises creating HTML code for display in a user's browser with the cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute of the plurality of the feed items modified to the transparency value assigned to the feed item.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the interaction factors include one or more of the number of interactions, the type of interactions, the frequency of interactions and the recentness of interactions between the first user and the information source.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises assigning a transparency value that is proportional to the affinity score.

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises assigning a discrete transparency value to the information source.

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8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises applying a linear transformation to determine the transparency value.

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9. A database system comprising: one or more processors; non-transient computer readable media encoded with programming instructions causing the one or more processors to implement a method comprising: calculating, using the database system, an affinity score for a plurality of information sources providing feed items for an information feed, the affinity score for an information source calculated based on interaction factors with the information source; assigning, by the database system, a transparency value to the plurality of information sources based on the affinity score calculated for the information source; assigning, by the database system, a transparency value to feed items from the plurality of information sources based on the transparency value assigned to the information source that provided the feed item; causing, by the database system, a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values.

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10. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the transparency value corresponds to a cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute.

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11. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the causing a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values comprises instructing a web browser to run a java script that adjusts the cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute of the plurality of the feed items based on the assigned transparency value.

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12. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the causing a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values comprises creating HTML code for display in a user's browser with the cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute of the plurality of the feed items modified to the transparency value assigned to the feed item.

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13. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the interaction factors include one or more of the number of interactions, the type of interactions, the frequency of interactions and the recentness of interactions between the first user and the information source.

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14. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises assigning a transparency value that is proportional to the affinity score.

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15. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises assigning a discrete transparency value to the information source.

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16. The database system of claim 9 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises applying a linear transformation to determine the transparency value.

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17. A non-transient computer readable medium embodying programming instructions configurable to perform a method, the method comprising: calculating, using a database system, an affinity score for a plurality of information sources providing feed items for an information feed, the affinity score for an information source calculated based on interaction factors with the information source; assigning, by the database system, a transparency value to the plurality of information sources based on the affinity score calculated for the information source; assigning, by the database system, a transparency value to feed items from the plurality of information sources based on the transparency value assigned to the information source that provided the feed item; causing, by the database system, a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values.

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18. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the transparency value corresponds to a cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute.

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19. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the causing a plurality of the feed items to be displayed in the information feed at different transparency values comprises instructing a web browser to run a java script that adjusts the cascading style sheets (CSS) opacity attribute of the plurality of the feed items based on the assigned transparency value.

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20. The non-transient computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the assigning a transparency value based on the affinity score comprises applying a linear transformation to determine the transparency value.

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January 14, 2020

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Zhenhua Xu

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